'Absent Friend' by Belinda Fox
Born
1975, Melbourne
Studies
1999
- University of Melbourne
1993 -96 - Victoria College of the
Arts
Travels
India, Nepal, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, USA, Paris,
London, Tibet, Beijing, Singapore
Website: www.belindafox.com.au
Finding My Way 2009-2011
Finding My Way – home is from a series of large-scale print
installations that were originally shown in Perth in 2009 and are the
culmination of a ten-year period of conceptual and technical inquiry. As
a meditation on past histories and future possibilities, the work is
deeply personal.
Multiple narratives of progress versus tradition and constructed
realities play out in these installations. Ladders balance
precariously.. It is unclear which direction one can or will take.
Children look down from above, seemingly impervious to the chaos and
uncertainty below, but this journey is open-ended and has potentially
infinite readings for the viewer.
In 2011 Fox plans to modify ‘Finding my way II’ to suit the Art Vault’s
unique space and to add yet another layer to this collage, print and
paper work.
This will be the first time Fox has exhibited in her hometown for more
than 10 years.
2010 - Day to Day, Beaver Galleries, ACT
2009 -
Finding my way, Turner Galleries, WA
2008 - Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt, Melbourne Art Fair
2007 - Backwards-Forwards, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA
2007 - Camouflage, Art House Gallery, Sydney
2006
- Balancing Act, Art House Gallery, Sydney
2003
- At the Still Point, Art House Gallery, Sydney
2009
Stories of our making, Australian printmaking, Bristol, UK
Women, Art and politics, Swan Hill Regional Gallery, VIC
2008
A view from here, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
2007
Busan Print Festival, Korea (Australian
Representative)
This is not a print show, Plimsoll Gallery, TAS (touring NSW, VIC)
Marks and Motifs, RMIT Storey Hall, VIC (touring nationally)
Loka, with Marine Ky, Beaver Galleries, ACT
2006
Flaming Youth, Orange Regional Gallery, NSW
3 Australian Artists, with GW Bot, Margie Sheppard, Lane Gallery NZ
The artist/the printmaker, Australian Art Resources, Melbourne
2005
Print Out, Burnie Regional Gallery, TAS
Up to Speed, with Melinda Schawel, Beaver Galleries, ACT
33 – print exchange, PJPA,
Melbourne
2004
23 – print exchange, PJPA, Melbourne
Even, Mildura Arts Centre, VIC
2003
Nexus, PJPA, Melbourne
2002
Confluence, Warrnambool Regional Gallery, VIC
Crossroads, Broken Hill City Gallery, NSW
Sojourn, Beaver Galleries, ACT
2001
4th Artists Book Fair, QLD
Concurrent,
PJPA, Melbourne
2010
Artist in residence, Skopelos Foundation, Greece
2009
Artist in residence, Turner Galleries, WA
2008
Artist in residence, Cicada press, COFA, Sydney
Small Tapestries, Victorian Tapestry Workshop, Vic
Crown Casino Commission, Melbourne
2007
Crown Casino Macau Commission, HK
Hunter Island Press Residency funded by Arts Tasmania
Fremantle Art Centre Residency and solo show, WA
2006 & 08
Lecturer VCA (printmaking)
Ian Potter Cultural Trust grant
Australian Council grant (travel to Tibet and do artist and printer
residence at the
Singapore Tyler Institute)
2005
Invited speaker ‘Print Matters’ Fremantle Art Centre, WA
2004
Ian Potter Cultural Trust grant (artist and printer exchange USA)
Project manager (Australian leg) of printer and artist exchange USA
Invited speaker at the 5th Print Symposium, National Gallery of
Australia, ACT
2003
Artist Workshop Crown Point Press, San Francisco, USA
2002
Print Council of Australia Commission 2002 (edition of 40 prints)
2001/02
Arts Victoria grant (Darwin printer mentorship)
Pat Corrigan Artist Grant (catalogue for 3 traveling shows)
Curator ‘Concurrent’, ‘Crossroads’, ‘Confluence’ three traveling shows
at
Warrnambool Regional Gallery, Broken Hill City Art Gallery, and Port
Jackson
Press, Melbourne
2001
Curator ‘Collaboration-the journey of artist and printer’, PJPA,
Melbourne
2000
Arts Victoria Grant (artist in schools project.)
2010 - Paul Guest Drawing Prize 2010 (winner)
2008 - Ex Libris Book Award, Artspace Mackay (acquired)
2007 - Prometheus Visual Art Award (acquired)
2007 - Burnie Print Prize, TAS (winner)
2006 - Conrad Jupiter Art Prize, Gold Coast QLD (acquired)
2006 & 2007 - ABN AMRO emerging artist award (finalist 06)
2005 - Robert Jacks Drawing Prize, Bendigo, Victoria
2004 & 06,2010 - Swan Hill Art Award, Swan Hill, Victoria (acquired
2006)
2003,06,07,09 - Fremantle Art Prize, WA (Highly Commended in 2003)
2002 & 2006 - Hobart City Art Prize, TAS
2002 & 2004 - Silk Cut Award, Melbourne (winner 04)
2002 & 04,09 - Hutchins Art Prize, Tasmania
National Gallery of Australia ACT
Print Council Of Australia VIC
Burnie Art Gallery TAS
Wollongong University NSW
Fremantle Arts Centre WA
Artspace Mackay QLD
Swan Hill Regional Gallery VIC
Gladstone Regional Art Gallery QLD
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery QLD
Warrnambool Art Gallery VIC
Mildura Arts Centre VIC
Queen Victoria Museum TAS
Parliament House Melbourne VIC
Gold Coast Art Gallery QLD
Charles Sturt University NSW
QUT Art Museum QLD
BHP Billiton Melbourne
ArtBank, NSW